Last fall I had the opportunity to attend IAAPA‘s 2005 convention in Orlando. It was an amazing event and I inflated my knowledge of the Amusement Industry significantly by attending some of the seminars there. I’ve been meaning to write about the experience but I misplaced many of my notes during my move to Orlando.… Read More »Walt’s Revolution: By the Numbers
There has been talk of a new major theme park springing up in Central Florida with a possible opening date of 2007. The only company to have announced such an intention is Paidia’s DestiNations Theme Park and Resort. This 140 acre development would be located… Read More »New Orlando Themepark? Fact or Fiction.
Forbes is out with its top 10 list of Themeparks for 2005. Although the crown jewel of Disney’s theme park empire is rated number three, Busch Gardens in Tampa garnered number two on the list. Disney’s Animal Kingdom has fallen off leaving all of Disney’s Florida properties off the list. Guess it’s time to make… Read More »Disney World off top 10 Theme Park list
I’ve met Peter Schneider, former chair of the Walt Disney Studios, a couple times, all in his capacity as head of Walt Disney Feature Animation. He was nice to me even though I was just a fan. His career wasn’t painted so brightly in Disney War, so I’m happy that he’s landed on his feet.… Read More »Sister Act on Broadway
When Disney decided to sell/license its Disney Store properties one of the questions was what would happen to the flagship stores. Well 5th Avenue convered to a ‘World of Disney’ property. But there was a lessor known store on Hollywood Blvd right next to the El Capitan (the host of many Disney movie premieres). The… Read More »The return of CC Browns?
With the premier of Herbie: Fully Loaded you are probably just itching for another Herbie the Lovebug fix. Well the folks at LoveBugFans.com have your back. Among the many great stories, they have pictures of the Movie Cars, many of which are now in private collections and a registry if you have an original or… Read More »Herbie has fans!
I like this rumor… Disneyland Australia? Build so close to Hong Kong, I doubt it. But who knows. Stranger things have happened.
ESPN is following in the footsteps of MTV as it moves away from live sports broadcasting toward original programing (movies, dramatic shows, etc). This seems odd since their two previous attempts (Tilt and Playmakers) were both cancelled due to low, really low, ratings.